guest

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /ɡɛst/ See IPA manual

Freq #1598

Meanings

1

noun
A person who is invited to visit or stay at someone's home or an event.

We had ten guests for dinner last night.
2

noun
A person staying at a hotel or being served at a restaurant.

Guests must check out by eleven o'clock.
3

noun
A person invited to appear on a show or at an institution.

Tonight's special guest is a famous singer.
4

verb
To appear as a guest, especially on a TV or radio show.

She guested on the talk show to promote her book.

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Word family

Forms guestedguestingguests

Derived forms guest-friendlyguest-friendshipguest-starguestageguestchamberguestenguestfreeguestfriendlinessguestfriendlyguestfriendshipguesthouseguestish

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guest list
a list of people invited to an event

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English gest, from Old Norse gestr, which replaced or was merged with Old English ġiest, both from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, host, someone with whom one has reciprocal duties of hospitality”). Cognate with Bavarian Gåst (“guest”), Dutch gast (“guest”), German Gast (“guest”), Luxembourgish Gaascht (“guest”), Vilamovian gost (“guest”), Yiddish גאַסט (gast, “guest”), Danish gæst (“guest, visitor”), Faroese, Icelandic gestur (“guest”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk gjest (“guest”), Swedish gäst (“guest”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (gasts, “gu…

gest Middle English gestr Old Norse *gastiz Proto-Germanic *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European

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# guest

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ɡɛst/
**Frequency rank:** 1598

## Meanings
1. A person who is invited to visit or stay at someone's home or an event.
2. A person staying at a hotel or being served at a restaurant.
3. A person invited to appear on a show or at an institution.
4. To appear as a guest, especially on a TV or radio show.

## Examples
- We had ten guests for dinner last night.
- Guests must check out by eleven o'clock.
- Tonight's special guest is a famous singer.
- She guested on the talk show to promote her book.

## Derived Forms
- guest-friendly
- guest-friendship
- guest-star
- guestage
- guestchamber
- guesten
- guestfree
- guestfriendliness
- guestfriendly
- guestfriendship
- guesthouse
- guestish

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: gest
- Root: gestr
- Root: *gastiz
- Root: *gʰóstis

## Etymology
From Middle English gest, from Old Norse gestr, which replaced or was merged with Old English ġiest, both from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, host, someone with whom one has reciprocal duties of hospitality”). Cognate with Bavarian Gåst (“guest”), Dutch gast (“guest”), German Gast (“guest”), Luxembourgish Gaascht (“guest”), Vilamovian gost (“guest”), Yiddish גאַסט (gast, “guest”), Danish gæst (“guest, visitor”), Faroese, Icelandic gestur (“guest”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk gjest (“guest”), Swedish gäst (“guest”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (gasts, “gu…

## AI Etymology
Guest comes from Middle English gest, from Old Norse gestr, which replaced or was merged with Old English ġiest, both from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, host, someone with whom one has reciprocal duties of hospitality”). In current use, the main senses are “A person who is invited to visit or stay at someone's home or an event” and “A person staying at a hotel or being served at a restaurant”.

## Topics
- People & Society

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